St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor was happy with the Dragons despite their 16-2 loss to the struggling Canterbury Bulldogs saying that they simply had too much work to do.

“I thought our try line ‘D’ was outstanding to be honest,” McGregor said.

“They had a lot of possession early and we kept turning them away and we built a bit of pressure towards the end of the first half. 

“I just don’t think we rewarded ourselves at any time today for the good work that we had done. We were a bit impatient at times and the ends to our sets weren’t as clinical as they have been in the past. We really didn’t build any pressure on the position while they did that well today against us. 

“We made 100 more tackles than the opposition. That’s a lot of ‘D’ so it takes it out of you when you do get the ball and you’re just a step away from everything. 

“They were just one step ahead of us across the park.”

The win for the Bulldogs easy the pressure on Des Hasler ever so slightly.